Principal Counsel

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Experience  
2001 Advancement Consulting, Principal Counsel and CEO
1998 MultiCare Health Foundation, Executive Director
1992 Pacific Lutheran University, Vice President for Development and University Relations
1989 Franciscan Foundation for Health Care, Director of Corporate, Foundation and Group Support
1988 WA State Department of Social and Health Services, Program Evaluator
1984 Louisiana State University, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Co-Principal, Center for Life Cycle and Population Studies
   
Knowledge  

2011

2008

2006

Regulation, Ethics and Philanthropy, Association of Fundraising Professionals Think Tank
AFP Master Teacher, Association of Fundraising Professionals Faculty Training Academy
Advanced Board Consulting, Board Source Two-Day Workshop

2005 Certified Managing for High Performance and Retention Trainer, Bob Weyant & Associates
2004 Certified Influencing Skills Trainer, Bob Weyant & Associates
2003 Certified Fund Raising Executive, CFRE International; renewed in 2006 and 2009
1997 Certificate in Educational Management, Harvard University
1984 Doctorate of Philosophy, Sociology, Indiana University
1981 Master of the Arts, Sociology, Indiana University
1978 Bachelor of the Arts, cum laude, Sociology, The University of Alabama
   
Leadership and Service 







American Leadership Forum - Tacoma Chapter (Senior Fellow, 2010-Present; Class XVI Fellow, 2009-2010; Development Committee, 2010; Fellows Program Committee, 2010-Present)

Tacoma Arts Commission (Commissioner, 2008-Present)

University of Washington Tacoma (Instructor, Key Bank Professional Center Certificate Program, 2006-Present)

  Board Source (Member, 2006-Present)
  South Sound Planned Giving Council (Founding Member, 2006-Present)
  Not-for-Profit Roundtable, Brantley Janson Yost & Ellison (Presenter, 2004)
  Read 2 Me-Werlin-SMART (Tutor, 2002-2008; Luncheon Speaker, 2005; Tutor, 1989-1992)
  Tacoma Rotary #8 (Member, 2001-Present; Board, 2005-2007; Strategic Planning Chair, 2011)
  The Nonprofit Center (Member, 2001-Present; Presenter, 2001-2002, 2004-2005, 2007, 2010)
  Association of Fundraising Professionals (Member, 1990-Present; Chapter Board, 2011,1992-1995; Chapter Program Committee, 2010-Present; Association Research Council, 2009-Present; International Conference Presenter, 2005-2008, 2010)
  City Club of Tacoma (Member, 1989-Present; President, 1993-1994; Board,1990-1995; Presenter to the Board, 2009; Emerging Leadership Committee, 2007)
  The Tacoma Club (Member, 1992-2009, President, 1998-1999; Board, 1996-2001)
  Tacoma Symphony Orchestra (Board, 1998-2004; Executive Committee, 2001-2004)
  Northwest Trek (Board, 1996-1999; Nominations Chair, 1997-1998)
  Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (Pierce County Juvenile Court Advisory Board, 1990)